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Arthurs Pass

Friday, November 24th, 2006

We caught the Tranz Scenic train from Christchurch to Arthurs pass – Virgin trains should take a lesson – you have to turn up 30m mins beforehand to check in and get your seat allocation – none of this run for the train at the last minute at Euston & hope that your seat reservation will work!! But then again with only a couple of trains a day it can work like that!! [read on]

Banks Peninsular Track

Friday, November 17th, 2006

First stop Auckland, for about 4 hours before catching a plane down to Christchurch. The following day a bus to Akaroa – a beautiful French village on the Banks Peninsular about 80kms from Christchurch. This was where we were picked up in the afternoon to start the Banks Peninsular Track (BPT). [read on]